Why Germany Hasn't Hosted a Grand Prix Since 2019: The Impact of Schumacher's Retirement
Once a staple of the F1 calendar – boasting the most famous drivers, teams and circuits – but since 2019 it has failed to return. Matt Bishop ponders why
Taken from Motor sport online, August 2023
August means one thing in Formula 1, and that is the circus being packed up and going off on holiday: the summer shutdown. But for the sport’s old boys such as I, early August will always be German Grand Prix time.
Yet there will be no German GP this year, nor has there been one since 2019, although there was an Eifel Grand Prix in Germany in 2020. Why not?